Background

Mr. Howard Todd Stitzer served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cadbury Limited (formerly, Cadbury plc) from May 8, 2003 to 2010. Mr. Stitzer served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Cadbury plc from March 2000 to May 2003. He served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Cadbury plc from December 2002 to 2003. He joined Cadbury Schweppes North America in 1983 as an Assistant General Counsel after practicing law for several years in a large New York law firm, served as ... Vice President and General Counsel since 1988. He served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Cadbury Beverages. From 1991 to 1993, he served as Group Development Director of Cadbury plc, responsible for strategic planning and external development. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc., from 1997 to 2000. He has been Non-Executive Chairman of Signet Jewelers Limited since June 15, 2012 and as its Independent Director since January 9, 2012. He has been a Director of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company since April 14, 2011. He served as Executive Director of Cadbury plc since March 2000. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Diageo plc from June 23, 2004 to September 19, 2013. He serves on the Board of the Advisory Board at Hamlin Capital Management LLC. Mr. Stitzer holds a J.D. from Columbia University Law School and a B.A. from Harvard College.

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